What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 21, 1941?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 21, 1941 falls in the year of the Metal Snake.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 21, 1941?

On August 21, 1941 the moon was a New Moon.

A Thursday

Born on August 21, 1941?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐍 Chinese zodiac
Metal Snake
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
85 years

Famous people born on August 21, 1941

Alberto Mario González

Argentine association football player (1941–2023)

Born the same week

Mohamed Ghannouchi

August 18 · Tunisian politician

Beniamino Stella

August 18 · Italian Roman-Catholic archbishop and cardinal

Slobodan Milošević

August 20 · Yugoslav–Serbian politician (1941–2006)

Jacques Cheminade

August 20 · French politician

Rafael Albrecht

August 23 · Argentine footballer (1941–2021)

What happened that day

In revenge for the execution two days earlier of French Resistance member Samuel Tyszelman, communist activist Pierre Georges (with others) shoots and kills a member of the German military in occupied Paris, initiating a cycle of assassinations and retribution that will claim hundreds of lives.

Also that week

The Tiraspol Agreement is signed between Germany and Romania.
WWII: The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran to secure the Persian Corridor and oilfields begins.
The Holocaust: Units of the Wehrmacht and the Einsatzgruppen (as part of Operation Barbarossa) start killing Jewish children, signalling the start of the Jewish Genocide.
Royal Navy Signals School and Combined Signals School opens at Leydene, near Petersfield, Hampshire, England.
WWII: Kamianets-Podilskyi massacre, 23,600 Jews are shot dead by Einsatzgruppen troops and local collaborators in Ukraine.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 21, 1941 was a Thursday. Someone born on August 21, 1941 is a Leo. Someone born on August 21, 1941 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,122 days. People born in 1941 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on August 21

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Augustin-Louis Cauchy
1789 · French mathematician
Usain Bolt
1986 · Jamaican sprinter

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Questions about August 21, 1941

What day of the week was August 21, 1941?: August 21, 1941 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on August 21, 1941?: Someone born on August 21, 1941 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 21, 1941?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 21, 1941 falls in the year of the Metal Snake.
How old is someone born on August 21, 1941?: Someone born on August 21, 1941 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,122 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1941?: People born in 1941 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 21, 1941?: On August 21, 1941 the moon was a New Moon.

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